March 14, 2016

Monday: Fifth Week of Lent

R. The Lord has done great things for us; we are filled with joy.

Restore our fortunes, O LORD,
like the torrents in the southern desert.
Those that sow in tears shall reap rejoicing.

Psalm 126: 4-5

We are invited to celebrate the Paschal Mystery with an ever deepening consciousness of what it means in our personal lives at this time. Nowhere is the mystery of the coexistence of the white and gray more clearly seen than in the dying and rising of Christ—the very heart of our faith.   As we celebrate the Paschal Mystery, we call to mind God’s goodness, presence and transforming power in the joys and challenges, the light and darkness of our lives.
In the love of Jesus,
Father Lenny  Zamborsky
March 31, 1996

For Reflection:
Recall some of the times in your life when your tears were eventually turned into joy.

What does “Paschal Mystery” currently look like in your personal life?
In the life of the Church? 
In the world?

2 comments:

  1. Leaving Leaving my family home at 18 brought many tears. So did leaving most of the many homes I have lived I these past 50 years.But,in time, my tears were turned into joy as I came to know and love the new people in my life. One ofmy favorite reflectons on life's journey:"Life is such a continual goodbye, heaven must be an eternal hello." (From the spiritual writer, D.Dumm, I think)

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  2. Endings and beginnings
    Always help us realize that change is continual. Gods presence is also a constant in that change. His love.

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